Proactive. What does it mean to you? A check into its definition reveals this: "creating or controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than responding to it after it has happened." Sounds correct. What I would like to discuss here is ways we can be proactive on the projects we are managing and, thus, remain more in control of them, rather than always being in reactive mode to the issues that arise and threaten to knock us off course. Three big areas where passive management can get a PM into trouble – in my opinion – are customer management, risk management and budget oversight. So, I would like to focus on these three and how we can hopefully avoid issues – at least major issues – by practicing proactive, rather than reactive management in these areas.

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